# collega
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkɔˈleː.ɣaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: col‧le‧ga
* Rhymes: -eːɣaː

### Noun

collega m or f (plural collega's or collegae, diminutive collegaatje n)
* colleague
    Mijn collega helpt me altijd bij het oplossen van problemen op het werk.My colleague always helps me with problem-solving at work.
    Ik ga vanavond uit eten met mijn collega's om een verjaardag te vieren.I'm going out for dinner with my colleagues to celebrate a birthday.
    Onze nieuwe collega heeft snel aansluiting gevonden bij het team.Our new colleague quickly integrated into the team.
    Morgen hebben we een vergadering met alle collega's om de nieuwe projecten te bespreken.Tomorrow, we have a meeting with all the colleagues to discuss the new projects.

#### Derived terms

* conculega

#### Related terms

* college

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: koléga

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin collēga.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -ɛɡa
* Hyphenation: col‧lè‧ga

#### Noun

collega m or f by sense (masculine plural colleghi, feminine plural colleghe)
* colleague

#### Further reading

* collega in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kolˈle.ɡa/, /kolˈlɛ.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -eɡa, -ɛɡa
* Hyphenation: col‧lé‧ga, col‧lè‧ga

#### Verb

collega
* inflection of collegare:
** third-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

#### References

* 1 2 collega in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* conlēga

### Etymology

From con- +‎ lēgō (“appoint”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kolˈleː.ɡa/, [kɔlˈlʲeːɡä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /kolˈle.ɡa/, [kolˈlɛːɡä]

### Noun

collēga m (genitive collēgae); first declension
* a partner (in office), colleague
* (by extension) associate, companion, fellow, colleague

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* collēgium

#### Related terms

* lēgō

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: col·lega
* → Dutch: collega
** → Indonesian: kolega
* → Finnish: kollega
* → Friulian: coleghe
* → German: Kollege
** → Polish: kolega
** → Silesian: kolega
* → Italian: collega
* → Middle French: collegue
** French: collègue
** → English: colleague
* → Piedmontese: colega
* → Portuguese: colega
* → Romanian: coleg
* → Russian: колле́га (kolléga)
* → Serbo-Croatian: kolega
* → Slovak: kolega
* → Spanish: colega
* → Swedish: kollega
* → Yiddish: קאָלעגע (kolege)

### References

* “collega”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* collega in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* collega in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Noun

collega m or f by sense (plural collegas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of colega.
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The preceptress]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 210:Reconheceu somente que era um pouco mais bonita que a generalidade das suas collegas.He recognized only that she was slightly more pretty than most of her colleagues.